A `FOLIATE DRAGON AND BAT` DAYBED COVER

Lot 141
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1404785
Lot 141 | A 'FOLIATE DRAGON AND BAT' DAYBED COVER
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£ 15 000 – 20 000
A 'FOLIATE DRAGON AND BAT' DAYBED COVER
NINGXIA, NORTH CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD, LAST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
Light localised spots of wear, heavily corroded brown, occasional light spot surface marks, selvages frayed, slight loss at each end

5ft.4in. x 3ft.11in. (165cm. x 95cm.)




Provenance

Reputedly bought from Frank Michaelian, New York, in 1980
With Vojtech Blau, New York
With The Textile Gallery, London, from where purchased
Thence by descent



Literature

M. Franses, Classical Chinese Carpets in Western Collections, The Kangxi Period, 1661-1722, London, 2002, p.15, pl.4.



Exhibited

Glanz der Himmelssöhne Kaiserliche Teppiche Aus China, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, 2005-2006, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue (Hans König and Michael Franses, London 2005, p.115, pl.35)
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